Week Around The -Ists

Londonist is one of thirteen in the worldwide Gothamist network. Once a week, the editors of each site - from SFist to Shanghaiist - compile some of their most interesting posts into a neat digest. Check out what's been going on elsewhere in the ist-a-verse:

Seattlest broke with Lent to try crack pie, a dessert so delicious that it ought to be as illegal as its namesake.

Torontoist got the scoop on a massive concert timed for the G20 summit this summer that—with 700,000 people over two days and 300 million watching worldwide—organizers are claiming "will be the largest event in the forty years since Woodstock." It just might be.

Londonist wondered whether the oft-reported problems with Oystercard usage are really all due to 'user ineptitude', especially when each 'mistake' tends to result in extra cash for Transport For London.